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AIAG & VDA SPC in Practice (Practitioner Training)

Master the practical application of the new AIAG & VDA SPC Handbook with this focused, application-driven training designed for SPC practitioners. Moving beyond theory, this course demonstrates how to effectively apply Statistical Process Control in real-world manufacturing environments. You’ll build a solid understanding of how SPC enables process control and continuous improvement, while gaining the confidence to translate concepts into both robust reactive (OCAP) and proactive actions on the shop floor. 

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Course Description

Master the practical application of the new AIAG & VDA SPC Handbook with this focused, application-driven training designed for SPC practitioners. Moving beyond theory, this course demonstrates how to effectively apply Statistical Process Control in real-world manufacturing environments. You’ll build a solid understanding of how SPC enables process control and continuous improvement, while gaining the confidence to translate concepts into both robust reactive (OCAP) and proactive actions on the shop floor. 

Through hands-on, scenario-based learning, you’ll develop the skills to analyze, implement, and sustain effective quality control loops. From evaluating machine and manufacturing process stability, performance, and capability to selecting the right control charts based on time-dependent distribution models, this course equips you to plan, execute, and continuously improve SPC activities—seamlessly integrating them with other core tools within your organization’s QMS to drive higher product quality and operational efficiency. 

Course Details

Length

2 days (16 hours)



Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes, measurement systems, statistics*, and use of electronic spreadsheets (MS Excel®). No prior SPC training is required. 

* Theoretical knowledge of general statistical terms (population, discrete characteristic, continuous characteristic, sample, average, range, standard deviation, random sample, run chart, bar chart, probability, histogram)  

Learning Objectives

  • Awareness of the key SPC concepts and terms 
  • Analyze the requirements for SPC application 
  • Understand the concepts of process stability, performance, capability, and the selection of appropriate control charts 
  • Plan, conduct, evaluate, and improve the results of Machine Performance studies 
  • Awareness on how to identify and apply SPC for normal and non-normal distributions 
  • Plan, conduct, evaluate, and improve the results of Process Ongoing Capability 
  • Documenting and Reporting SPC results 

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for SPC practitioners, including quality engineers, manufacturing engineers, industrial engineers, and other multidisciplinary team members who are responsible for implementing and managing the application of Statistical Process Control techniques in manufacturing environments 

Agenda

  • Intent of SPC 
  • Basic statistical concepts 
  • Foundational linkages between SPC, the Quality Management System (QMS), and the Automotive Core Tools 
  • Requirements for SPC application 
  • Process Performance (PpK) versus Process Capability (Cpk) Indices 
  • Machine performance for releasing production equipment 
  • Process performance and capability for releasing manufacturing processes 
  • Controls charts to monitor process stability and ongoing capability 
  • OCAP and process log documentation 
  • Selection of control charts for ongoing process monitoring 
  • Differences between retrospective (analysis) control charts and SPC control charts 
  • Rational sampling and rational subgrouping, including evaluation of control chart effectiveness (OC and ARL) 
  • SPC approach for processes with irremovable disturbance causes (time-dependent distribution models) 
  • One-sided tolerance limits 
  • Reporting of SPC studies 
  • Effective use of SPC software 
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